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|Other Tour Dates (3)
|Jan 23
|Angelique Kidjo
|Portsmouth Music Hall Portsmouth, New Hampshire
|Mar 14
|ANGELIQUE KIDJO - En concert
|Auditorium Stravinski Montreux, CHE
|Jul 21
|Angélique Kidjo / Moonlight Benjamin (Support) - STIMMEN 2021
|Stimmen-Festival Rosenfelspark Lörrach, DEU
"Her spirit is irrepressible, and she brings life to everything she touches." – Peter Gabriel
With DJIN DJIN, her new release on Razor & Tie/Starbucks Entertainment, Angelique Kidjo comes home. The four-time Grammy-nominated, much-celebrated singer, composer, and performer began in the Beninese port village of Cotonou, where she launched her career at the age of six. The political turmoil in her country led her to relocate to Paris, the capital of world music, and then ultimately to New York City, where she now resides. Her striking voice, stage presence and her fluency in multiple cultures and languages won respect from her peers and expanded her following across national borders. It also earned her access to humanitarians who sensed the passion in the words of her songs, resulting in her long-term dedication to global charity work.
Kidjo has traveled far and mesmerized audiences on countless stages, speaking out on behalf of the children in her capacity as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador. Now with DJIN DJIN and the return to her musical roots, Kidjo has truly closed the circle in her life as she brings international artists to the musical world of her native country.
As a child, Kidjo was mesmerized by an iconic album cover of Jimi Hendrix, which led her to follow the African roots of music from the United States, Brazil and the Carribean. The results were the Grammy-nominated trilogy of albums, OREMI, BLACK IVORY SOUL and OYAYA. With DJIN DJIN (pronounced "gin gin"), Angelique Kidjo returns to the soul of Benin – and, for the first time, shares it with a cast of all-star guests, in a marriage of cultures that has significance far beyond music alone. Inspired by the traditions and culture of Kidjo's native Benin in West Africa, the title of the album refers to the sound of the bell that greets the beginning of a new day for Africa.
The diversity represented by Alicia Keys, Peter Gabriel, Josh Groban, Carlos Santana, Joss Stone, Branford Marsalis, producer Tony Visconti, and the others who contribute to DJIN DJIN speaks to the lesson of this project: For all the differences in the music of our time, the river of Africa flows through it all.
The key was to build DJIN DJIN on a Beninese foundation. The heartbeat, then, comes from percussionists Crespin Kpitiki and Benoit Avihoue, both members of Benin's Gangbé Brass Band. Details of their country's rhythmic heritage, specific in some cases to individual villages, feed the rhythms they lay down throughout the album.
To this mix Kidjo welcomes players whose backgrounds complement the idea of DJIN DJIN: drummer Poogie Bell, known for his work with Erykah Badu and Chaka Khan; funk keyboard wizard Amp Fiddler, whose credits include Prince and George Clinton; Larry Campbell, whose multi-instrumental work has adorned the music of Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, and Paul Simon; Senegalese bass giant Habib Faye, a fixture with Youssou N'Dour; guitarists Lionel Loueke, from jazz legend Herbie Hancock's band; Romero Lubambo, a Brazilian wonder whose credits include Diana Krall and Dianne Reeves; Joao Mota, from Guinea-Bissau and kora master Mamadou Diabate; and Dominic Kanzaz.
Each player is a virtuoso but, more important, is open to taking creative chances. "It was important to me that all of these great musicians come with me back to my roots," Kidjo says. "I've never compromised those roots because I know my identity, and I've learned that in order to give through music, you have to position yourself among other individuals who may be from different cultures and background and then find ways to discover that we're actually not different at all."
Kidjo set some of the new material on DJIN DJIN into the languages of Benin, Nigeria, and Togo. She has written and sung extensively in French and English as well, but for this mission the lyrics came to her from further back in her history. The title track, "Djin Djin," is a reminder to live each fleeting moment as fully as possible. Her songs embrace the joys and sorrows of life: the magic of birth ("Salala"), the uniqueness of each person even on this crowded planet ("Arouna"), the temptations of violence ("Mama Golo Papa"), the healing and learning potential of music ("Awan N'La"), the lessons offered as youth yields to age ("Sedjedo") and isolation deepens in modern society ("Emma").
But Kidjo doesn't hold back her anger, expressed here toward wealthy classes enslaved by love of money ("Senamou (C'Est L'amour)"). She also looks forward to the day when leaving Africa to seek fortune far from home won't be the only solution for a desperate youth ("AE AE"). On her rendition of Sade's "Pearls," she extols women who are strong, yet suppressed and unable to escape the pain of existence. On another cover, a brilliant a cappella arrangement of Ravel's Bolero entitled "Lonlon", she illuminates the bridge that stretches from European classical music to the wellspring of northern Africa. And on "Gimme Shelter," Kidjo transforms the Stones classic into an exuberant pan-national performance that nonetheless translates into a warning.
"This song means a lot to me," she says. "Look at what's going on: Fire is burning in our streets. Terrorists, in the name of God, are coming to destroy what we've worked for. If you don't give shelter to the people who most need it, if you don't treat them as your brothers and sisters, then what hope do we have?"
The contributions of stellar guest artists illuminate Kidjo's concept. By finding a place for their distinctive talents within the marriage of African and Western influences, DJIN DJIN celebrates the beauty of diversity as well as the unity of cultures that Kidjo achieves through her music.
These giants include Peter Gabriel on "Salala" ("He's done so much for African music; in fact, there's something African in his way of singing, moving, and writing his songs"); Alicia Keys on "Djin Djin" ("When she heard the Beninese drums in the studio, she said, 'Wow, this is hip-hop!' She understood it perfectly – and she sang so beautifully"); Joss Stone on "Gimme Shelter" ("We're friends, so when I played her what we were doing in the studio, and she insisted on being a part of it, I was so happy that we could make this happen"); Josh Groban on "Pearls" ("He sings so effortlessly," Kidjo says, "and yet you know that it isn't easy to sing at that level of virtuosity"); Ziggy Marley on "Sedjedo" ("He understands so well the connections between the music of Jamaica and the rhythm of Africa – especially the gogbahoun rhythm that comes from my village"), Carlos Santana on "Pearls" ("He's not only a guitar player: With his guitar he sings, he dances, he swings, he cries – and he has huge respect for Africa"); Branford Marsalis on "Djin Djin" ("He's my brother! When he plays, you never know what you're going to hear or where his wonderful ideas will take the music"); and Amadou and Mariam on "Senamou" ("We go so far back as friends; it was a special blessing and a gift to have them on the album.")
Producer Tony Visconti (David Bowie, Morrissey) helps to bring each track on DJIN DJIN to full sonic bloom. Recorded at Electric Lady Studio in New York, with participants gathered in a studio made intimate by carpets, couches, and home-like accoutrements, these performances testify to the power of music to simultaneously unify and free those who make it and hear it.
"When we had finished our recording, we were all so sad because we had come together as a family, all within just two weeks," Kidjo recalls. "Music brings us together, but after the music is over, you go back to your home, to your neighborhood, knowing that you can make a difference. You have to be proud of who you are. Whether you were born in America or Africa, you can celebrate life."
Kidjo's point is as simple as it is profound: The celebration only begins with DJIN DJIN and will last as long as you want it to after that.
Angélique Kidjo is a Special Representative for UNICEF, the UN organization that helps give education and healthcare to children around the globe. Find out more at unicef.org
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There is no cure for celiac disease. The only effective treatment is to control symptoms and prevent complications by eating a gluten-free diet. Medication is used to help control intestinal inflammation in severe cases. If you develop nutritional deficiencies or lose bone mass, other treatment may be necessary.
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At this time, there are no surgical treatments for celiac disease.
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Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research website. Available at: http://www.mayo.edu/ . Accessed March 9, 2006.
The Merck Manual of Medical Information. 17th ed. Simon and Schuster, Inc.; 2000.
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Much-loved Home Secretary Wacky Jacqui Smith today announced changes to the code of practise which governs use of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act and promised to remove the under-tens from the DNA database.
Local councils' use of Ripa has caused a media storm this year although the majority of incidents covered still involved the spooks - for whom the laws were written. There were 519,000 requests to telcos and ISPs for information in 2007, up 50 per cent on last year, but only 1,707 of these came from local councils. Councils also follow Ripa regulations when they use covert cameras and private eyes.
Smith said there were clear cases when councils should use powers regulated by Ripa - like fly-tipping, dodgy traders and for "tackling the misery caused by noisy and disruptive neighbours". But she does not think they should be used for dog fouling or "to check whether paper boys are carrying sacks that are too heavy".
So Smith said early next year there will be a review of the Ripa code of practise, a look at which public authorities should be covered by the Act and "raising the bar for how those powers are authorised, and who authorises their use".
The Home Office will also look at regulations governing the DNA database.
The police were told back in July by the Information Tribunal toremove DNA records of innocent people, and those with old convictions for minor crimes from the database.
Last month the House of Lords got in on the act too, demanding the deletion of innocent people's profiles.
Earlier this month the Home Office lost a final appeal at the European Court of Human Rights brought by two innocent men wanting their DNA profiles removed from the database.
Smith will introduce a White Paper in the new year to look at retention policies. She said the police are working to get more convicted offenders onto the database but "the changes will see some people coming off the database".
It currently holds 4.2m people including over 570,000 people never convicted of any crime. The 70 profiles of children under ten years old will be removed, Smith said.
Finally Smith said the use of CCTV has the confidence and support of the British public. She wants more police forces to map locations of private CCTV cameras so they can be easily accessed when investigating a crime.
No word either on Jacqui's planned super database of all UK citizens' comms data.
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Let's analyze some of the consumer search data to see this year's real winners.
In addition to battling on the football field, the Broncos and Panthers battled for search volume too. It was neck and neck throughout until Denver pulled away when the game looked to be out of reach.
Brands pay big bucks for Super Bowl television spots, so measuring their effectiveness is essential and can be tricky. One way to do so is to look at which ads drove the most search volume (consumer engagement).
Advertiser search interest during Super Bowl
Looking at the top commercials, it looks like the Audi r8 Commander spot drove the most searches. This was followed by Jeep's Portraits spot. Hyundai's Ryanville ad was entertaining (who doesn't love Ryan Reynolds?) but didn't drive the volume of the other car competitor's ads. Doritos had two funny ads and you can see in the chart that search volume spiked when they ran, but was considerably less than Audi and Jeep. Heinz came through with the cutest ad by far but barely registered a blip compared to the others.
Comparing the quarterbacks throughout the season, it's interesting how close it is. As the season goes on and other teams are eliminated, search volume spikes tremendously as the nation's eyes are focused solely on them.
Looking at what Super Bowl-related activities had the highest search volume clearly shows halftime has the most interest with ads, teams and recipes not even coming close.
Who won the halftime show?
Speaking of the halftime show, Chris Martin and Bruno Mars did a great job, but nobody upstages Beyoncé, and that was evident in the search data. Lady Gaga also had a major spike after her tremendous rendition of the National Anthem.
Left shark meme search interest during 2016 Super Bowl
Everybody's favorite part of last year's half time show also peaked during the halftime of this year's Super Bowl. The viral sensation that captured America's hearts last year was also referenced all over social media.
Professional sports search interest year-over-year (US)
America loves football much more so than any other major sport. That is apparent when comparing search volumes of the other United States pro sports championship games. The Super Bowl dwarfs the others – it's no wonder advertisers pay a premium for television spots. Interestingly though, the US is even more interested in the FIFA World Cup (the years it takes place anyway).
Super Bowl search winners:
Super Bowl search losers:
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Color information in After Effects is contained in three channels: red (R), green (G), and blue (B). In addition, an image can include an invisible fourth channel, called an alpha channel, that contains transparency information. Sometimes, such an image is referred to as an RGBA image, indicating that it contains an alpha channel.
A. Separated color channels B. Alpha channel represented as a grayscale image C. Composite using all four channels with a background showing through transparent areas
Many file formats can include an alpha channel, including Adobe Photoshop, ElectricImage, FLV, TGA, TIFF, EPS, PDF, and Adobe Illustrator. AVI and QuickTime (saved at a bit depth of Millions Of Colors+), can also contain alpha channels, depending upon the codec (encoder) used to generate the images stored in these containers. For Adobe Illustrator EPS and PDF files, After Effects automatically converts empty areas to an alpha channel.
When specifying the color depth for an output image, the plus sign (as in Millions Of Colors+) denotes an alpha channel. Similarly, choosing to output to 32 bits per pixel implies an output depth of 8 bits per channel for each of four channels: RGBA.
Some programs can store multiple alpha channels in one image, but After Effects only interprets the fourth channel as an alpha channel.
The term alpha channel technically refers to the fourth (A) channel in an RGBA image file, regardless of whether that channel is used for communicating transparency information. However, since that fourth channel is used so often to communicate transparency information, the terms alpha and transparency have become nearly synonymous in common usage. It's important to remember, though, that this connection is arbitrary. Some formats may use other channels for transparency information, and other formats may use the fourth channel for something other than transparency information.
The Knoll Unmult plug-in can be used to create an alpha channel from the dark areas of a layer. This works well for a layer with a light effect (such as a lens flare or fire) that you want to composite on top of another layer. For information, see the Red Giant Software website.
When you view an alpha channel in the Composition panel, white indicates complete opacity, black indicates complete transparency, and shades of gray indicate partial transparency.
A matte is a layer (or any of its channels) that defines the transparent areas of that layer or another layer. White defines opaque areas, and black defines transparent areas. An alpha channel is often used as a matte, but you can use a matte other than the alpha channel if you have a channel or layer that defines the desired area of transparency better than the alpha channel does, or in cases where the source image doesn't include an alpha channel.
A mask in After Effects is a path that is used as a parameter to modify layer attributes, effects, and properties. The most common use of a mask is the modification of an alpha channel of a layer, which determines the transparency of the layer at each pixel. Another common use of a mask is as a path along which to animate text. (See Creating and animating text on a path.)
For more information on paths in general, see About paths.
Closed-path masks can create transparent areas for a layer. Open paths cannot create transparent areas for a layer but are useful as parameters for an effect. Effects that can use an open or closed mask path as input include Stroke, Path Text, Audio Waveform, Audio Spectrum, and Vegas. Effects that can use closed masks (but not open masks) as input include Fill, Smear, Reshape, Particle Playground, and Inner/Outer Key.
A mask belongs to a specific layer. Each layer can contain multiple masks.
You can draw masks in common geometric shapes—including polygons, ellipses, and stars—with the shape tools, or you can use the Pen tool to draw an arbitrary path.
In most ways, drawing mask paths is the same as drawing shape paths on shape layers, though the editing and interpolation of mask paths have a few additional features. You can link a mask path to a shape path using expressions, which allows you to bring the benefits of masks into shape layers, and vice versa. See Creating shapes and masks and Editing and animating shape paths and masks.
The position of a mask in the stacking order in the Timeline panel affects how it interacts with other masks. You can drag a mask to different positions within the Masks property group in the Timeline panel.
The Mask Opacity property for a mask determines the influence that a closed mask has on the alpha channel of the layer inside the mask area. A Mask Opacity value of 100% corresponds to an interior area that is opaque. The area outside the mask is always transparent. To invert what is considered inside and what is considered outside for a specific mask, select Invert next to the mask name in the Timeline panel.
This sample chapter from the After Effects CS5 Classroom in a Book on the Peachpit Press website shows how to create, use, and modify masks.
You can reuse masks in other layers and compositions, which is especially useful for Bezier masks you've spent a long time perfecting. Mask paths are stored inside a composition in a project file.
Mathias Möhl provides the CopyMask2Layers script, with which you can copy masks from one layer to others while preserving the masks' position and shape.
When working with a mask path—rather than the entire mask, including its other properties—select the Mask Path property. This is especially important when transferring mask paths to shape paths, motion paths, and so on.
- To copy or cut selected masks to the clipboard, choose Edit > Copy or Edit > Cut.
- To duplicate selected masks, choose Edit > Duplicate.
- To paste a mask onto a layer, select the layer and then choose Edit > Paste. If a mask is selected, this operation replaces the selected mask.
Create a project with compositions just for storing complex masks. When you want to use a mask from another project, import that project into your current project.
You can also save masks as animation presets. (See Animation presets.)
- To delete one mask, select the mask in the Timeline panel and press Delete.
- To delete all masks, select the layer containing the masks you want to remove and choose Layer > Masks > Remove All Masks.
To help you identify and work with masks, the Composition and Layer panels outline a mask path with color, and the Timeline panel displays that same color next to the name of the mask. By default, After Effects uses the color yellow for all masks. To make each mask more distinctive, you can manually change the color of a mask using the Timeline panel, or you can set After Effects to cycle through mask colors for new masks.
When the Use Contrasting Color For Mask Path preference (under Preferences > Appearance) is enabled, After Effects analyzes the colors near the point where you start drawing a mask. After Effects then chooses a label color that is different from the colors in that region. It also avoids the color of the last mask drawn.
Blending modes for masks (mask modes) control how masks within a layer interact with one another. By default, all masks are set to Add, which combines the transparency values of any masks that overlap on the same layer. You can apply a mode to each mask, but you can't animate the mode of a mask—that is, you can't set keyframes or expressions for a mask mode property to make it change over time.
You choose a mask mode for a mask from the menu next to the mask name in the Timeline panel.
The first mask that you create interacts with the alpha channel of the layer. If that channel doesn't define the entire image as opaque, then the mask interacts with the layer frame. Each additional mask you create interacts with masks located above it in the stacking order in the Timeline panel. The results of mask modes vary depending on the modes set for the masks higher in the stacking order. Mask modes only operate between masks on the same layer.
Using mask modes, you can create complex compound masks with multiple transparent areas. For example, you can set a mask mode that combines two masks and sets the opaque area to the areas where the two masks intersect.
A. Original masks B. None C. Add D. Subtract E. Intersect F. Lighten G. Darken H. Difference
The mask has no direct influence on the alpha channel of the layer. This option is useful when you are only using the path of the mask for an effect such as Stroke or Fill, or if you are using the mask path as the basis for a shape path.
The mask is added to the masks above it in the stacking order. The influence of the mask is cumulative with the masks above it.
The influence of the mask is subtracted from the masks above it. This option is useful when you want to create the appearance of a hole in the center of another mask.
The mask is added to the masks above it in the stacking order. In areas where the mask overlaps the masks above it, the influence of the mask is cumulative with the masks above it. In areas where the mask does not overlap with the masks above it, the result is complete opacity.
The mask is added to the masks above it in the stacking order. Where multiple masks intersect, the highest transparency value is used.
The mask is added to the masks above it in the stacking order. Where multiple masks intersect, the lowest transparency value is used.
The mask is added to the masks above it in the stacking order. In areas where the mask does not overlap the masks above it, the mask operates as it would alone on the layer. In areas where the mask overlaps the masks above it, the influence of the mask is subtracted from the masks above it.
Use the following keyboard shortcuts to change the mode of a closed mask while you are drawing or modifying it:
- When you draw a new mask with the Shape tools such as Rectangle tool, and Ellipse tool, you can press these keyboard shortcuts along with the mouse.
- When you draw a new mask with the Pen tool, you can only press these keyboard shortcuts when you close the mask. To place the pointer over the closing vertex (usually the first vertex), click and hold the mouse button to close the mask, then press the mask mode keyboard shortcut before releasing the mouse button. Open masks do not have a mode. These keyboard shortcuts do not work when drawing open masks with the Pen tool.
- When you modify a closed mask, you can press these keyboard shortcuts at any time while you hold down the mouse button.
To expand or contract the area influenced by a mask, use the Mask Expansion property.
Mask expansion affects the alpha channel but not the underlying mask path; the mask expansion is essentially an offset that determines how far, in pixels, from the mask path the influence of the mask on the alpha channel extends.
You can scrub the Mask expansion values up to 32,000, and scrub down to -32,000. Earlier versions of After Effects allow scrubbing these values to 1,000 and any value beyond 1000 were manually entered.
Todd Kopriva provides a visual aid and further explanation regarding mask expansion—and why it creates rounded corners—on his blog on the Adobe website.
Feathering softens the edges of a mask by fading it from more transparent to less transparent over a user-defined distance. Using the Mask Feather property, you make mask edges hard-edged or soft-edged (feathered). By default, the feather width straddles the mask edge, half inside, and half outside. For example, if you set the feather width to 25, the feathering extends 12.5 pixels inside the mask edge and 12.5 pixels outside it.
You can scrub Mask Feather values up to 32,000 using the slider.
A. Masked layer with 5-pixel feather B. Masked layer with 40-pixel feather C. Result with 5-pixel feather D. Result with 40-pixel feather
You can also extend or contract the mask edges using the Mask Expansion property to control where the mask feathering appears. (See Expand or contract the edges of a mask.)
Mask feathering takes place only within the dimensions of the layer. Therefore, the path of a feathered mask should always be slightly smaller than the layer area and should never move to the very edge of the layer. If a mask feather extends beyond the layer area, the feathered edge ends abruptly.
Because the mask feather causes the opacity values to vary according to a Gaussian distribution, the area influenced by the feather actually extends beyond the number of pixels specified. The magnitude of the feather's influence beyond the specified feather range is very small. This gradual, Gaussian fall-off appears more natural than a linear fall-off.
Earlier versions of After Effects enabled you to add a feathered edge to a closed mask, but the width (extent) of the feather was the same around the mask. A new Mask Feather tool (available in the same tool menu as the Pen tool) has been added to let you define points along a closed mask that should have varying widths.
This video by Todd Kopriva and video2brain introduces the variable-width mask feathering feature. Show how the feather points interact to create interesting effects by assigning muliple feather points to an object.
To create a feather point:
A selected feather point has a small black dot at its handle.
Feather points define both the outer feather boundary and inner feather boundary. If no feather extent handles are inside the mask, the inner feather boundary is the mask path. The mask feather extends from the inner to the outer feather boundary.
To select multiple feather points:
Using the Selection or Mask Feather tool, Shift-click the feather points' extent handles.
To toggle the selection of a feather point:
Shift-click the feather point.
To move a feather point, do either of the following:
- Using the Selection or Mask Feather tool, drag the feather extent handle.
You can move multiple selected feather points in unison by dragging one of them, and scale multiple feather extents by dragging one of the feather extent handles.
You can "sweep" feather points around corner points on a mask.
- With the Mask Feather tool active, press Left or Right Arrow to move the feather along the path, or the Up or Down Arrow to lengthen or shorten the feather's width.
You can move multiple selected feather points, and move longer distances/widths by holding down the Shift key.
To snap a feather point to the mask path:
Drag the feather extent handle across the mask path. It will stop at the mask path.
To control the falloff of the feather:
Choose Layer > Mask > Feather Falloff, and then select one of the following:
- Smooth (default)
- Linear
To adjust the tension (smoothness or curvature) of a feather boundary through a feather point:
Hold down the Alt (Windows) or Option (MacOS) key while dragging from a feather extent handle to adjust the tension. The Info panel shows the current tension for a handle.
To set Hold interpolation for a feather point (for constant feather radius up to the next feather point):
Hold down the Alt (Windows) or Option (MacOS) key while dragging from a feather extent handle to adjust the tension. The Info panel shows the current tension for a handle.
To set Hold interpolation for a feather point (for constant feather radius up to the next feather point):
Enable the Hold option from the context menu above the feather point. The feather point handle changes to be pointy in the direction of constant radius.
To quickly create a feathered edge for a specific mask segment:
Hold down the Shift key as you click the mask segment (between vertices, not above them). The pointer changes to indicate that you are in this mode. Drag from the segment to adjust the extent. Note the following behavior:
- If just two mask vertices are selected, the feathered edge is the contiguous segments between them.
- If both vertices of the clicked segment are selected (that is, the segment is selected), the feathered edge expands to include contiguous selected segments.
- If all or no vertices on the mask are selected, or if the first two conditions don't apply, the feathered edge is only the clicked segment.
To delete a feather point:
Using the Selection or Mask Feather tool, select a feather extent handle, then press Delete. You can delete multiple selected feather points.
The pointer changes to selection mode instead of delete vertex mode when over a mask vertex.
- Temporarily switch between Pen and Mask Feather tools by holding down the 'G' shortcut.
You can turn off this behavior in Edit > Preferences > General (Windows), or After Effects > Preferences > General (Mac OS).
- View information about the number of feather points on a mask, a feather extent's length, position, and tension, and feather falloff setting in the Info panel.
- Hide the feather boundaries for a specific view by deselecting the "Mask Feather Boundaries" option in the View Options dialog box. You can still interact with the boundaries (for example, adding new feather points) where they would've been drawn.
- Control feather point counts across Mask Path keyframes by using the "Preserve Constant Vertex and Feather Count when Editing Masks" option in General preferences.
- Change the value of a feather point's tension, radius, and corner angle from a dialog box by using the commands in the context menu for a feather point.
Hold down the Ctrl (Windows) or Cmd (Mac OS) key when hovering over a mask vertex to switch to Selection tool behavior.
- Hold down the Ctrl (Windows) or Cmd (MacOS) key when hovering over a tangent handle to switch to the Convert Vertex tool.
When you want one layer to show through holes defined by another layer, set up a track matte. For example, you can use a text layer as a track matte for a video layer to allow the video to only show through the shapes defined by the text characters. The underlying layer (the fill layer) gets its transparency values from the values of certain channels in the track matte layer—either its alpha channel or the luminance of its pixels.
Defining the transparency of a layer based on the luminance of the track matte's pixels is useful when you want to create a track matte using a layer without an alpha channel or a layer imported from a program that can't create an alpha channel. In both cases—using alpha channel mattes and using luminance mattes—pixels with higher values are more transparent. Usually, you use a high-contrast matte so that areas are either completely transparent or completely opaque. Intermediate shades should appear only where you want partial or gradual transparency, such as along a soft edge.
A. Track matte layer: a solid with a rectangular mask, set to Luma Matte. The mask is animated to travel across the screen. B. Fill layer: a solid with a pattern effect. C. Result: the pattern is seen in the shape of the track matte. This is then composited over an additional image layer.
A track matte only applies to the layer directly beneath it. To apply a track matte to multiple layers, first precompose the multiple layers, and then apply the track matte to the precomposition layer.
After Effects preserves the order of a layer and its track matte after you duplicate or split the layer. Within the duplicated or split layers, the track matte layer remains on top of the fill layer. For example, if your composition contains layers A and B, where A is the track matte and B the fill layer, duplicating or splitting both of these layers results in the layer order ABAB.
If you animate the position or other transformations of the track matte layer, it's called a traveling matte. If you want to animate the track matte and fill layers using identical settings, consider precomposing them.
The TrkMat menu shares a column with the blending modes menu. To show the TrkMat menu, make sure that the Modes column is visible. (See Columns.)
If you choose an option other than No Track Matte, After Effects converts the next layer above into a track matte, turns off the video of the track matte layer, and adds a track matte icon next to the name of the track matte layer in the Timeline panel.
Although the video is turned off for the matte layer, you can select the layer to reposition, scale, or rotate it. Select the layer in the Timeline panel, and then drag the center (indicated by a circle with an X) of the layer in the Composition panel.
Using a track matte is similar to using the Preserve Underlying Transparency option, which causes a layer to get its transparency from the transparency of the composite of the layers below it in the layer stacking order. (See Preserve underlying transparency during compositing.)
- Use the Levels effect to increase the contrast between light and dark parts of the matte layer. This reduces the problem of having many mid-range values, which translate to partial transparency. (Usually, mattes are most useful when they define areas as entirely transparent or entirely opaque, except at the edges.)
- To use a channel other than the alpha channel of the matte layer as a matte, use one of the Channel effects (such as the Shift Channels effect) to route the desired channel's value into the alpha channel.
- To animate a track matte to move with the layer that it's matting, make the track matte a child of the layer that it's matting. (See Parent and child layers.)
The Preserve Underlying Transparency option causes a layer to get its transparency from the transparency of the composite of the layers below it in the layer stacking order. In other words, the opaque areas of the layer with this option selected appear only when positioned over opaque areas in underlying layers. This behavior is similar to the behavior of a track matte, except that a track matte can only be a single layer and a track matte must be above the layer in the layer stacking order. (See Track mattes and traveling mattes.)
This option is useful for creating results such as glints or light reflecting off a polished surface.
The behavior of a layer with the Preserve Underlying Transparency option selected is similar to the behavior of a clipping mask in Adobe Photoshop.
Aharon Rabinowitz provides a short video tutorial about the Preserve Underlying Transparency option on the Creative COW website.
Tim Clapham provides an explanation and demonstration on his website of the Preserve Underlying Transparency switch.
After Effects includes Imagineer Systems mocha for After Effects (mocha-AE), a stand-alone planar tracking application that can export tracking data for use in compositions in After Effects. (See Resources for mocha for After Effects (mocha-AE).)
After Effects also includes the mocha shape for After Effects (mocha shape) plug-in, which converts paths from mocha-AE into mattes in After Effects.
You don't apply the mocha shape effect to a layer directly. Rather, you copy path data to the clipboard in the mocha-AE application and then paste it onto a layer in After Effects. The paths from mocha-AE are converted to instances of the mocha shape effect to create a matte.
The Imagineer website provides several video tutorials and other resources for learning to use mocha-AE and mocha shape with After Effects.
Chris and Trish Meyer provide tips about mocha-AE and mocha shape, including tips about variable-width feather, in an article on the ProVideo Coalition website.


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Peter Gabriel, Cat Stevens, plus Kiss - thumbing their noses at critics who disdained them - have become the new Rock and Roll Hall of Fame entrants, leading a host of classmates.
The role of honour also included Nirvana, Hall & Oates, Linda Ronstadt and Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band.
The original four members of Kiss did not perform at Brooklyn's Barclays Centre in New York due to a dispute between active original members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley and retired members Peter Criss and Ace Frehley. But the original four made peace and saluted each other in heartfelt induction speeches.
"This is a pivotal moment for all of us," said Gene, the bass player and reality TV star. We are humbled that that the fans gave us the chance to do what we loved doing."
The theatrical quartet put on make-up, belched blood, shot fireworks out of Ace's guitar and sang about wanting to Rock And Roll All Nite. They were not trendy, but Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello said Kiss inspired him and their concert was the first he attended. He even fought high school bullies who ridiculed him for liking Kiss.
"Tonight proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the high school bullies and critics were wrong," he said. "Kiss fans were right."
Paul, to the cheers of the Barclays crowd, called for fans to be involved in the Rock Hall induction process.
Linda Ronstadt, the sexy siren of the Los Angeles country-rock scene of the 1970s, could not make it to her induction. Now retired, she suffers from Parkinson's disease and does not travel much. Glenn Frey, who played with fellow future Eagle Don Henley in Linda's back-up band, saluted her with an induction speech.
"From that first rehearsal, I felt we were working on a style of music that had never been heard before," he said.
Cat Stevens, the 1970s era singer of Morning Has Broken and Wild World, was inducted by Art Garfunkel, who said his break-up with Paul Simon helped pave the way for Stevens' entry into the charts.
"Thanks so much to my fans for believing," said Cat, who gave up music and converted to Islam, going by the name Yusuf. "I can still see some sceptical faces, but my fans believed."
He performed Father And Son, Wild World and Peace Train, joined by a robed choir in the final song.
Bruce's 1999 entrance into the Rock Hall without the E Street Band was a sore point for some of its members. But they got their due in the sidemen category, although it was a posthumous honour for sax player Clarence Clemons and keyboard player Danny Federici.
Springsteen told stories, many familiar to fans who have seen them on stage, of the formation of the band, which includes his wife Patti Scialfa. David Sancious, who was with the band only briefly, was the only one to live on E Street, he said.
"We suffered aging, illness and death together," Bruce said. "We took care of each other when trouble knocked, and we hurt each other in big and small ways. In the end we stuck with each other."
Peter was inducted by Coldplay's Chris Martin, who later sang with him on Washing Of The Water.
Chris said he turned to the Bible for inspiration in his speech, "the book of Genesis", referring to the band with which Gabriel started and with which he was inducted into the Hall in 2010.
"An angel of the Lord descended and appeared to Phil the Collins," he said, telling Genesis' drummer that Peter was starting a solo career.
He credited Peter with creating a cathedral of sound and "he helped John Cusack get back his girlfriend in the movie Say Anything". That movie's climactic moment featured Peter's song In Your Eyes and Peter performed a soaring version to celebrate his induction.
Peter said aspiring musicians should surround themselves with brilliance and, noting his early failures as a drummer, should not be afraid to try different things.
"Dream big, and let your imagination guide you, even if you end up dressing as a flower or a sexually-transmitted disease," said Peter, known for his theatrical outfits during early Genesis days.
Nirvana were being inducted in their first year of eligibility. The trio's Smells Like Teen Spirit hit like a thunderclap upon its 1991 release, briefly making the Pacific Northwest rock's hottest scene before the band ended abruptly with singer Kurt Cobain's suicide in 1994.
The first two artist managers were inducted into the Hall: the late Brian Epstein, of the Beatles, and Andrew Loog Oldham of the Rolling Stones.


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I went to a class on rose pruning yesterday at Berkeley Hort, just to refresh my memory of how to go at it before I actually let myself loose on my roses. But the most interesting insider's tip I took away from the class was this: If you're looking to buy a lot of roses this year, you may run into some trouble. It seems that last year's bankruptcies of Jackson & Perkins and some other important rose growers have left roses in short supply throughout the country. And even the David Austin roses will be scarce because nurseries are balking at the high prices and shipping costs and ordering fewer, if any at all.
So if you have big plans for a rose garden or on the hunt for a very particular variety, you may need to work closely (and early in the year) with your local nursery to make sure your needs will be met and expect prices to be higher. I'm not saying we're on the verge of a rose bubble, but keep in mind that in seventeenth century Holland, people paid thousands for a single tulip bulb. In other words, gardeners don't have a history of tolerating plant shortages with their sanity intact. I'm just saying.
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Ooh, good to know. I was planning to go to a local bareroot rose nursery close to me but since they do mail order they may be pretty depleted. Maybe I'll just root my own.ReplyDelete
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It would be easy for trainer Ron Burke to be confident as he prepares Sweet Lou for Friday's $250,000 Dan Patch Invitational at Hoosier Park. After all, his 5-year-old pacer brings an eight-race win streak to the event, with an unprecedented stretch of speedy miles to go with it.
But Burke knows Sweet Lou isn't the only horse streaking into the Dan Patch. Dancin Yankee, the last horse to defeat Sweet Lou, also is among the pacers in the nine-horse field. Dancin Yankee, racing out of the stable of trainer Amber Buter, brings a six-race victory streak to the Dan Patch.
It will be the first meeting between the two horses since Dancin Yankee won the Van Rose Memorial Invitational on May 3 at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. Sweet Lou finished third, but since then has gone undefeated.
"I think Lou is running into another horse that is racing as good as anyone in the country," Burke said. "I'm actually nervous. I think that horse is super sharp, career sharp, too.
"There are other horses that could win too, but both those horses are on long win streaks. I think that's going to be a great race."
Sweet Lou has won eight of 11 races this year and earned $791,500 for owners Burke Racing, Weaver Bruscemi LLC, Larry Karr, and Phil Collura. His wins include the Ben Franklin Pace, William R. Haughton Memorial, U.S. Pacing Championship, and Roll With Joe.
His 1:47 victory in the Ben Franklin is the fastest ever on a five-eighths-mile track, breaking the previous mark of 1:47.2 that was shared by Dancin Yankee and Pet Rock.
Sweet Lou has won each of his last five starts in less than 1:48, which is a record. He has been driven during his win streak by Ron Pierce.
For his career, the son of Yankee Cruiser-Sweet Future has won 30 of 66 races and $2.90 million. He was the 2011 Dan Patch Award winner for best 2-year-old male pacer and earned $1 million at age 3, but picked up only four wins and $348,638 at 4.
"I'm just so happy he's winning," Burke said. "It's enjoyable to watch him race right now. I've been such a believer all along and for him to do what we thought he could, nothing feels better."
Burke, who on Saturday moved past Virgil Morgan Jr. to become the winningest trainer in harness racing history, also sends Bettor's Edge to the Dan Patch. The 5-year-old gelding has won six of 19 races this season and earned $421,781. He was second to Sweet Lou in the Franklin and Haughton and fourth in the U.S. Pacing Championship.
Dancin Yankee has won 14 of 21 races this year and $315,140 for owners Baron Racing Stable and Rich Lombardo. The 6-year-old son of Yankee Cruiser-Dancewiththebest won the preferred handicap at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs in each of his last three starts.
The remainder of the field is Thinking Out Loud, Night Pro, Carol's Comet, Heston Blue Chip, State Treasurer and Our Lucky Chip.
"It ended up being a really good field," Burke said.
Following is the field in post order with drivers, trainers and morning line: 1. Dancin Yankee, Tyler Buter, Amber Buter, 8-1; 2. Thinking Out Loud, John Campbell, Bob McIntosh, 6-1; 3. Night Pro, Peter Wrenn, Dale Decker, 20-1; 4. Carol's Comet, Aaron Merriman, Ron Potter, 15-1; 5. Sweet Lou, Ron Pierce, Ron Burke, 4-5; 6. Heston Blue Chip, Corey Callahan, Linda Toscano, 15-1; 7. Bettor's Edge, Ricky Macomber Jr., Ron Burke, 10-1; 8. State Treasurer, Jody Jamieson, Ian Moore, 4-1; 9. Our Lucky Chip, Trace Tetrick, Jason Miller, 30-1.
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MANCHESTER -- Jose Mourinho has refused to rule out a January bid for Alexis Sanchez while describing the Arsenal forward as a "phenomenal player."
The Chilean has been linked with moves to both Manchester City and Manchester United with no sign he is willing to extend his stay at the Emirates.
It was revealed on Friday that City are willing to pull out of a deal to sign the 29-year-old this month after refusing to meet Arsenal's £35 million valuation.
Mourinho admitted his is an admirer of Sanchez, and the 54-year-old rejected the chance to rule United out of the race for his signature.
He told a news conference on Friday: "I don't know ethical or correct, the word we can find to be speaking about players of other clubs, if somebody speaks of one of my players to say we are interested, I wouldn't be very very happy.
"Sanchez is an Arsenal player, I don't know but probably this weekend he is going to defend Arsenal colours so I don't think it's correct to say things about Alexis Sanchez.
"At the general level what I can say is myself and Manchester United board, owners, we don't believe a lot in the January market we don't believe in sign a player just to sign a player, just to do something we don't believe in that, what we believe really is there are some players in football world if you have the chance to sign them in January, March or July, you have to try and that's it. But in relation to Alexis Sanchez I don't say a word.
"The only word I can say is he is a phenomenal player, apart from that Arsenal player and I feel I shouldn't say much more than this."
Mourinho also admitted there is the prospect of players leaving Old Trafford in January with Axel Tuanzebe poised to leave on loan as long as the squad do not suffer any more injuries.
He added: "Tuanzebe is a very good player that is not having lots of possibilities to play here but he's our player and will be our player, no chance we give up on such a talented boy but is something we are thinking about a loan until the end of the season.
"We are a bit afraid of injuries, of needing him, we have Eric Bailly injured, we are not free of other injuries so we are delaying the decision and we are going to delay until the end of the transfer window.
"If we have a decision at the end of the month and feel Eric Bailly is close to being back then probably will be good for Axel to go on a loan and be back next season because he's a player we like very much."
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DeNetra - Tutorial Artist
My name is DeNetra Bates, I am 22 years old and I work as a nanny by day. I have been paper crafting for about 2 years.
I love altered art and anything vintage.
I have recently discovered my love for digital crafting. It's another obsession of mine J
I hope to give you inspiration and joy with what I love to do.
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DeNetra's tutorials will be every other Tuesday and her first one will be this week so be sure to catch it!!
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I am approaching 30 this year, married to my wonderful husband Greg, with two gorgeous step daughters aged 14 & 15 and too many animals! I work full time as PA to Executive Directors in Cardiff South Wales UK. I'm crazy about crafting.... been crafting as far back as I can remember, from knitting at 4 years old to glass & silk painting, candles, jewellery, rug work, cross stitch, needlework & sewing, decoupage and paper crafting in general and card making for nearly 15 years! I'm really into digi images and multi fold cards at present, but my styles vary from day to day and what mood I'm in! Looking forward to sharing my ideas and creations with others!
Be sure to visit Joanne at Handmade Cards by Jo for some wonderful inspiration!
Joanne's tutorials will be every other Tuesday also!!
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My name is Nathalie Jobin and I am from the Montreal area in Canada.
I am a now stay at home mom of 3 sons (15, 14 and 9), married for 16 years now to a loving and supportive husband.
I used to work as an administrative assistant and marketing designer, which led me to use Photoshop and discover the digital world.
I have been crafting for as long as I can remember. I am hoplessly addicted and always on the look for new techniques. I have a passion for anything paper or threads... so it will not be unusual to see stitching, crochet and tatting edges on my projects or even lace, when I manage to find girly pictures that is!
I love to share tips and ideas and I am thrilled to be here with you!
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My husband and I got married on October 18 in Louisville, Kentucky at St. Boniface Catholic Church, followed by dinner and dancing at 21C Museum Hotel. It was everything I could have hoped for. I just wanted to carry my gorgeous Technicolor autumn bouquet and eat endless canapes with bison tartare, quail eggs, and truffle oil, surrounded by art, with my husband, forever and ever.
But this series of posts is about my honeymoon in Italy, which turned out to be a natural extension of what we loved about our wedding. We enjoyed fall foliage in Piemonte and unfamiliar flowers and trees in Rome. At wine bars in Florence and Venice, we helped ourselves to aperitivi and cicchetti, buffets of complimentary appetizers. We ate steak tartare and eggy pastas all over Northern Italy. We visited Alba at the height of its short white truffle season. We saw so much art. And we took part in the Catholic ceremony of all Catholic ceremonies.
Almost a year has passed since the trip, but all of the details I abbreviated to a word or a couple of words in my daily log of the trip — written around 6:00 in the morning each day because I was sick for the duration and never recovered from jet lag — I still remember in full. So without further ado, the story of how I fell in love with Italy.


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Etymology : Latinized form of ' (Horos), the Greek form of Egyptian Hrw (reconstructed as Heru) possibly meaning "falcon" or "high"
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With two master numbers, we can be sure that we are in the presence of a deeply humane and altruistic individual with a powerful personality. Horus and Kwasi are extremely sensitive and remarkably intuitive. Such high vibrations incite them to advocate a better world and take care of the most underprivileged souls on this planet. Material contingencies are secondary, as far as they are concerned. While they are often enlightened or inspired, it is not always possible for them to experience these energies at such a high level due to the difficulties that they entail. They could therefore be expressed as a tendency to day-dream, hypersensitivity, emotional fragility, dependence, suggestibility and selflessness. Their equilibrium is often precarious because a high level of nervous tension is inseparable from such a passionate temperament. As children, Horus and Kwasi are endearing and adorable, eager to please and particularly receptive to the family environment. It can only take a minor emotional upheaval or a parental disagreement to knock them off balance completely; and no longer able to invest in the present, they withdraw into their inner world of imagination. Parents, it is important to encourage their autonomy and sense of duty while taking care to respect their right to a carefree childhood.
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Perfect egg yolks (part 2)Saturday, April 23rd, 2011
Egg cooked for 40 min at 63.0 °C. The pictures were taken within 6 seconds and are shown in the order they were taken.
My immersion circulator is working again! And the first thing I decided to do was to cook eggs at 63.0 °C for 40, 60, 75, 110 and 155 min and show you the results. If you read my last blog post on Perfect egg yolks or have stumbled across the paper Culinary Biophysics: on the Nature of the 6X°C Egg you may recognize that these times correspond to egg yolks with textures similar to sweetened condensed milk, mayonnaise, honey, cookie icing and Marmite respectively. I used the iso-viscosity graph from the paper mentioned to determine the cooking times as shown below. (more…)


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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton advised an audience in Tunisia on Saturday to "not pay attention" to the comments made by candidates vying for the Republican presidential nomination, saying the often overheated rhetoric of the campaign doesn't reflect U.S. policy.
Speaking at a town-hall style event in Tunisia, the North African nation that sparked the "Arab Spring" revolts, Clinton said the partisan remarks made during campaign events "certainly don't reflect the United States, don't reflect our foreign policy, don't reflect who we are as a people."
Clinton's remarks came in response to a question from a member of her audience who said he was troubled by some of the comments, which he considered anti-Muslim, made by candidates running for president.
"If you go to the United States, you see mosques everywhere, you see Muslim-Americans everywhere. That's the fact. So I would not pay attention to the rhetoric," she said.
Instead, she advised people to listen instead to President Obama.
"I think that will be a very clear signal to the entire world as to what our values are," Clinton said.
She added that she is sometimes surprised that people around the world pay more attention to what's said in U.S. political campaigns than do most Americans.
"I think you have to shut out some of the rhetoric and just focus on what we're doing and what we stand for and particularly what our president represents," Clinton said.
Obama has come under fierce criticism from Republicans for apologizing for the burning of Qurans at a military base in Afghanistan.
GOP hopeful Newt Gingrich said while campaigning that the apology was "astonishing" and that Obama "has gone so far at appeasing radical Islamists that he is failing in his duty as commander in chief,"
American military officials say the burning of the Muslim holy books was a mistake, but it has sparked days of violent protests across Afghanistan.


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Whispers in the Ear
Posted 22 October 2005 - 07:04 PM
I am new to this site, but find it fascinating. I have heard these voices all of my life. sometimes in whispers, sometimes out loud and sometimes sounds like a talk radio station playing in the next room (sorry no psychosis here either)
I now live in 200 year old house, lots of activity here. I have grown so used to it that I hardly notice any more. There is a little girl who calls me mommy sometimes. If I answer her she becomes quiet. If I don't answer she keeps calling me. I just tell her that I am here and everything is alright. Then I don't hear from her for several weeks or months at a time.
Posted 22 October 2005 - 10:34 PM
More often than not, it's usually around the time when I'm trying to go to sleep and it's something I've noticed that sets some voices apart from the rest. It's the position I get into when I'm trying to get comfortable.
Tummy down, and the right side of my head is resting on my arm which is on top of the pillow.
The voices I hear usually sound like they're 'speaking' to me in my right ear (when I'm laying that way) and even though I don't feel very much of an air current if I feel one at all (It was because I did feel a slight breeze once that I tried something) I turned off both my ceiling fan, and box fan and the voices I heard died down considerably but not altogether because of the way I was still laying, my curled arm under my head was basically acting as an 'ear extension' and there was enough of a gap for air flow to get through to pick up any sound. Air pressure also plays a part with how well we can naturally pick up sound with it's effects on our ear drums. And as much as we can do visual matrixing, we also do a form of audio matrixing when there is enough sound present so we can convince ourselves that what we are hearing is a sound more familliar to us
Not saying this is THE explanation, but it could be at least an explanation to some of the voices you're hearing IF the physical conditions are just right
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Posted 18 November 2005 - 02:53 PM
When I was around 9 or 10, I would be alone in my apartment and I would hear what sounded like a deep women's voice say my name. I hated it. It eventually stopped. I cant explain the cause. I hope it had something to do with the paranormal and not me going crazy.
Posted 18 November 2005 - 05:34 PM
I'm sure you are not going crazy. Some of us are just more sensitive to things in other dimensions than others.
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My experiences of late are of men talking just outside my bedroom door, though I can't make out what they are saying. If I lay quietly, I can hear their muffled voices, but if I try to rouse myself completely, they disappear. I very rarely hear them "in my head", it's usually just near my ear.
What I hate is that uber-creepy feeling of being observed!
Posted 20 March 2008 - 06:43 AM
Duke, you're not crazy, and yes, I think you are hearing either guides or ghosts. It's called clairaudience! The problem being, our brain waves have to be in a certain pattern in order for us to clearly hear them.........those types of brain waves are usually found in the lightest stage of sleep; that's why so many of us experience it when we are just falling asleep or in a relaxed state. I have had experiences where I've heard my guides in "broad daylight", so to speak. It was usually during times of incredible stress or frustration, though.
My experiences of late are of men talking just outside my bedroom door, though I can't make out what they are saying. If I lay quietly, I can hear their muffled voices, but if I try to rouse myself completely, they disappear. I very rarely hear them "in my head", it's usually just near my ear.
What I hate is that uber-creepy feeling of being observed!
I see this is an old thread-- BUT can someone advise please
My 12 yr son has had multiple encounters over the years- lately he hears "muffled whispers" - cannot make out what they are saying- it happens mostly at school (very disturbing and is giving him stress) we recently had a family member pass- but anyways
Any advise I can give him please
Posted 20 March 2008 - 09:17 PM
When your guides feel it is critical or they need to get your attention for a reason they feel is important, it takes alot of their energy to come through so strongly that they can do this only briefly. This is that time when you feel someone is speaking directly to you and you answer them as if they were in the room, just as Yoesi stated in his thread.
If these mumbled voices come during the day and your in the middle of work or something else. Just project with your mind for them to stop and tell them when to come. Set aside time each day or if your so busy, each week. Take this time to listen and they will know that is their time to have your undivided attention. They will come. Attune yourself and you will learn much.
Sometimes when someone has passed recently they are able to communicate with us easier than those that have been gone longer. Spirits that are connected to us may pick someone with whom they believe can hear them, such as your son. They may not know they are gone and the person they communicate with or that can hear them is a "sensitive". Children are very sensitive. White Deer, you state that this happens at school. My daughter, after a friends husband passed, came home one day and said Mom, you might think I am crazy but Ted is in my classroom. I asked what he did there. She said he just stood and watched. He had not crossed over yet. A few weeks later, we helped him cross over. Your Son may be an Indigo/Crystal Child and is more sensitive to these voices. There are many sites out there to help you understand and help your son. Kira is very good with the Indigo/Crystal Children and can lead you to information that can help.
Posted 20 March 2008 - 09:58 PM
I see this is an old thread-- BUT can someone advise please
My 12 yr son has had multiple encounters over the years- lately he hears "muffled whispers" - cannot make out what they are saying- it happens mostly at school (very disturbing and is giving him stress) we recently had a family member pass- but anyways
Any advise I can give him please
While I would certainly not discount the possibility that this could be spirit voices or the beginning of an awakening of some kind---I would advise that to be safe you should have his ears checked for any kind of medical issue as well. The fact that it seems to happen mostly at school, where there would presumably be crowds around making a lot of noise, is what makes me wonder if there's something up with his hearing, possibly distorting noises around him. It makes me think of a few ear infections I've had, for instance, and there could be other kinds of hearing problem that would manifest in such a way.
Posted 21 March 2008 - 12:00 AM
I have actually been in touch with Kira.
have a happy spring!
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Posted 23 March 2008 - 03:30 PM
I have been hearing music (like acutal radio stations, the piano, etc...), whispers, conversations, footsteps, mice, etc for over a year now (for those of you who know what's been going on since we found out my decompression failed in Oct. '06)... I never told anyone as I didn't want to be called schizophrenic... I knew my house wasn't haunted but I had no clue what was going on. Just 2 weeks ago I found out that an arachnoid cyst in my posterior fossa (cerebellum, squishing brain out skull, again) that was drained in June 2006 during surgery for chiari was back... When I was doing google on this cyst I discovered that one of the symptoms for this cyst for my location is AUDITORY HALLUCINATIONS!
So if you're SUDDENLY hearing things that aren't there along with other symptoms, PLEASE tell your doctor and get it checked out! ACs aren't fatal and it probably isn't the cause for you (they're rare to start and it's even rarer to have it in your PF and EVEN rarer for it to cause symptoms) but there could be something going on with your nervous system... Or it could be paranormal. But your health is not something you want to mess around with! You only get one chance with this life...
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THE bullish behaviour of the sharemarket in recent months and particularly for the past nine days suggests we are in a "risk on" phase – in other words, investors are pulling money out of the saver haven, the bond market, and putting it into shares.
It has been a couple of years since the market has witnessed such positive sentiment, and Tuesday's rise took place despite a weaker lead from the US market.
The market has been edging up for a couple of years but without gusto and volume. Thus the question needs to be asked: what has changed the sentiment?
In theory, shares should rise in response to a belief that corporate profits will grow. But there is little hope that earnings will improve in proportion to the gains made
recently on the ASX. When the interim profit season reports come through over the next few weeks they may be better than current expectations but they won't be strong. Some companies will post robust earnings, but plenty will be treading water or doing well just to stabilise profit falls.
Manufacturing, retail, construction, tourism and aviation (to name the obvious few) are still struggling and the companies engaged in these industries will not fare well in the coming reporting season, therefore the recovery in the market has almost nothing to do with profits getting better – it is virtually all sentiment driven. So are we just redefining what we consider to be appropriate price-earnings ratios?
There are a bunch of external factors that are playing into this: the immediate risk of a European financial implosion has eased and the prospect of falling off the US fiscal cliff has been averted.
But the US recovery is tepid and there is general recognition that Europe will not grow for years. Both still have massive debt problems that need to be dealt with.
The only real positive is that recent data out of China suggests that its growth rates may be starting to recover, but these are very early signs.
The revival in sentiment appears to be about mitigation of the negatives rather than the appearance of the positives, but this has a flow-on effect. The sharemarket is making us wealthier and so is the property market, which is also showing signs of gains.
Investors are therefore increasingly prepared to take a bet on shares – which pushes up prices and, in turn, serves to reinforce that confidence.
But are businesses and consumers bullish enough to translate this sentiment into action or just take a punt on the market?
The latest business confidence survey by the National Australia Bank released on Tuesday answers that question. While it posted a sharp increase in December, it was all about those external indicators, like aversion of the European debt crisis and the US fiscal cliff. A more thorough read reveals that businesses are still concerned about forward orders and future capital expenditure.
There is nothing in any official or unofficial data to suggest that companies are prepared to invest. The mining industry spending spree that has been sustaining the economy for the past couple of years will peak this year.
The improvement in commodity prices – in particular iron ore – has resulted in an overdue rerating of large resources companies, which has helped to push up the equities market.
And the enlarged appetite for risk has spurred gains in volatile stocks such as Macquarie Group, which has become something of a bellwether for risk.
At the same time investors seem to be hedging their bets. Big gains in the low-risk and higher-yield stocks such as banks, non-discretionary retail and Telstra suggest that there is still a degree of caution being exercised.
This week Woolworths and Coles' parent Wesfarmers will release quarterly sales numbers that should demonstrate that consumers are still spending on non-discretionary items, but the outlook for the discretionary stocks is not so good. To the extent these companies can improve their positions relies on cutting costs and structural change.
These are the companies in which investors are prepared to gamble.
While they may be reweighting out of bonds and into equities Australian households are not prepared to divert from the now well established trend of reducing household debt.
According to a Dun & Bradstreet survey, fewer people are prepared to take on debt in the near term and therefore demand for credit remains weak or flat.
One of the consequences of this is that debit card use is on the incline and debt delinquencies could fall.
None of the above is designed to suggest that the equity market rally is over. It's chicken and egg – but the egg seems to be coming first.
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The near two month crisis around a gas well on the Elgin field in the North Sea appeared to have been averted on Wednesday with French operator, Total, saying it had succeeded in plugging the leak.
Shares in the company rose more than 2% on the announcement that no more methane was being released into the environment and the company can soon put a halt to its relief operations which have been costing it $3m a day.
"A major turning point has been achieved," said Yves-Louis Darricarrere, Total's head of exploration and production, but the company said it was too soon to say when gas and condensate production could resume.
The Elgin platform used to pump about 3% of Britain's total gas output from nearly four miles below the seabed, and the incident comes on top of production problems elsewhere.
Safety issues in Yemen and a gas leak in Nigeria have been putting a brake on the company's target of increasing its global output by 2.5% through to 2015.
The oil world is very nervous of offshore incidents after BP's Macondo oil well spill in the Gulf of Mexico in the spring of 2010. That, very different from the Total gas leak, is expected to cost the company around $30bn in compensation and other claims.
Christophe de Margerie, Total's chief executive, has previously said the Elgin leak could cost the company slightly more than $300m in lost production in a worst case scenario where production did not restart before the end of the year.
There was relief in the City among investors. "Obviously good news for the group. Final costs are now awaited, but no bad surprises expected," said analysts at Alphavalue in a research note. Shares in Total had lost 16% of their value since the gas leak began in late March.


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Doing this right now! (: was hoping since I annihilated I would get a cool gift. Or a tshirt on my minos (barely fitting) saying I kicked the Kiz.
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A never miss event is always the Kips Bay Show House in New York. I am always dazzled and inspired. This year's show house did not disappoint. It is a privately owned home. Usually these homes are for sale. The former owner of this 10,000 sq. ft. neo-Federalist style mansion was John Hay "Jock" Whitney. A charming diplomat, art connoisseur, and bon vivant. The family of Disque D. Deane, a creative financier, owns the home presently and it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Mary McDonald knows how to make an entrance in her masculine meets feminine entry wrapped in lipstick red lacquer.
Turn the corner and you're met with Wayne Nathan's 80's inspired first floor stairwell. Aakash Nihalani, a street artist, uses electrical tape as his artistic medium to create a sense of falling thru space.
My favorite room this year was by Celerie Kemble. She gave me a lot of "take aways". The ceiling application is called verre eglomise. It is painting or etching on the reverse side of mirror or glass. Miriam Ellner did a breathtaking job creating a chinoiserie skyscape fantasy. I only want to know, "what's going to happen to this ceiling after the show?"
The paneling is original Norfolk pine and was to remain untouched, so Kimble Interiors pulled out every trick in the book to add light and life to this already show stopping space. A light carpet (hand stenciled sisal), fabrics, mirrored and gleaming surfaces, along with different light sources help achieve this. Another clever little trick is the way Kimble Interiors incorporated the sconces into the frame of the painting over the fireplace. I LOVED this touch! Sometimes the beauty is in the details.
Matthew Patrick Smyth designed the dining room around the existing wallpaper, a graceful hand-painted silk. It was a gift to the owners from the sister of Madame Mao. The room was infused with a French and Asian aesthetic. Couture details in the drapes frame out the panels and draw attention to exquisite details. The chandelier by Jacques Jarrige was made from a piece of brass to relate to the blowing branches in the wallpaper.
By New York standards the kitchen by Bilotta Kitchens is huge. It even has an a joining butler's pantry! You can never go wrong with neutral, textural and elegant.
The infusion of exquisite art-filled spaces was a theme in several rooms. Richard Mishaan, a self described "art-holic", masterfully mixes well known artists' work with clean traditional lines in this 40 x 20 foot living area. Not only did he incorporate a Fernando Botero (above the fireplace) from his personal collection, as well as a Damian Hirst series into the mix, he actually painted the two canvases on the opposite wall flanking the mirror (as opposed to the Botero which is flanked by gilt mirrors). I loved this application of opposites.
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Mark Cuban disses River Walk again, despite stench of the Trinity River
SAN ANTONIO — The only thing that stinks worse than Mark Cuban's most recent diss of the River Walk is the water running through his own town — the Trinity River, which was once dubbed the "river of death" by the state health department.
The outspoken Dallas Mavericks owner labeled the famous San Antonio icon as the "muddy ugly-ass River Walk" in a discussion about the Spurs-Mavs rivalry with The Dallas Morning News.
"If you go to San Antonio, they hate us a lot more, I think, than we hate them," Cuban said.
Maybe, but at least the San Antonio River doesn't reek of wastewater and dead animals.
"The problem intensified when two large slaughterhouses opened in Fort Worth (in 1900). Their arrival, plus the growth of (Dallas/Fort Worth), made the river at low flow not only unpleasant, but also dangerous. In the early 1920's the number of typhoid fever cases and dead animals near the river downstream of Dallas vividly illustrated the problem," according to the Trinity River Authority of Texas.
In 1925, the Texas Department of Health characterized the Trinity River as a "mythological river of death."
But water isn't the only thing better in San Antonio than Dallas. The basketball team is superior, too.
The proof is in the pudding.
The Spurs have won four championships, the Mavericks have won one. The Spurs have won 15 division titles, the Mavericks have won three.
In 158 regular season meetings between the two teams, the Spurs have won 94.
The next matchup between the teams is March 2 in San Antonio.
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SUNNYVALE (CBS / AP) — Yahoo is still prospering from its lucrative investments in Asia while the Internet company's listless advertising sales are picking up, if ever so slightly, under CEO Marissa Mayer.
The positive signs in the Yahoo's first-quarter report overshadowed a 20 percent decline in the company's earnings during the opening three months of the year.
The results released Tuesday highlight the contrasting performances of Yahoo's investment portfolio and the company's main business of running ad-supported online services.
Yahoo Inc. is making most of its money from its holdings in two Asian Internet companies — China's Alibaba Group and Yahoo Japan.
Meanwhile, the Sunnyvale-based company has been struggling to sell more ads, even as marketers divert more of their budgets to the Internet. Most of those digital dollars, though, have been flowing toward Google Inc., the Internet's search leader, and Facebook Inc., the online social networking leader.
Yahoo's share of the worldwide market for digital advertising is expected to shrink to 2.5 percent this year, down from 3.4 percent in 2012, while Google's share climbs to 33 percent and Facebook's share rises to 8 percent, according to the research firm eMarketer.
A 24 percent stake in Alibaba has turned into Yahoo's crown jewel as the Chinese company prepares to go public on the New York Stock Exchange later this year. Since selling Yahoo its stake for $1 billion in 2005, Alibaba has built a massive e-commerce network that caters to businesses and consumers in the world's most populous country.
Yahoo's report provided that latest tantalizing peek at how rapidly Alibaba has been growing. The numbers covered Alibaba's fourth quarter from last year because there is a three-month lag before Yahoo books its portion of Alibaba's income.
Alibaba's fourth-quarter earnings more than doubled from the previous year to $1.35 billion while its revenue surged 66 percent to $3.06 billion.
The stellar performance reinforced hopes that Alibaba's market value could range somewhere between $150 billion and $200 billion when it goes public. By comparison, Facebook started off with a market value of $104 billion in its highly anticipated Wall Street debut in 2012.
Yahoo is now in line for a huge windfall when it sells its Alibaba stake, providing money to expand its reach through acquisitions and buy back more of its stock. Yahoo has already spent $6 billion buying back its stock since the beginning of 2012.
The anticipated gain from the Alibaba investment is the main reason Yahoo's stock has more than doubled since Yahoo hired Mayer from Google in July 2012 to revive its ad sales.
Yahoo's stock gained $2.19, or 6.4 percent, to $36.40 in Tuesday's extended trading. Even if the shares rally similarly in Wednesday's regular trading, the stock will remain below its 52-week high of $41.72 reached in early January.
Macquarie Securities analyst Benjamin Schachter estimates Yahoo's stakes in Alibaba and Yahoo Japan are worth nearly $29 per share. He values the rest of Yahoo's business at just $11 to $12 per share.
Mayer still hasn't been able to snap Yahoo out of an advertising funk that began six years ago, although some segments showed modest improvements in the first quarter. In a particularly heartening sign, Yahoo's display ad revenue crept up by 2 percent from the same time last year, after subtracting commissions from ad partners. That was the first uptick in Yahoo's first-quarter display ad revenue in three years.
"We believe we are moving from our core business being in decline to modest or stable growth," Mayer said in a video conference call.
Yahoo earned $312 million, or 29 cents per share, during the first three months of this year. That compared to $390 million, or 35 cents per share, at the same time last year.
If not for special items, Yahoo said it would have earned 38 cents per share. That was a penny above the average estimate among analysts surveyed by FactSet.
Revenue dipped 1 percent from last year to $1.13 billion.
After subtracting ad commission, Yahoo's revenue totaled $1.09 billion — about $20 million higher than analyst projections.
Yahoo expects its revenue for the current quarter ending in June to total about $1.08 billion, minus ad commissions. That would be 1 percent increase from last year.
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